beastkeeper

noun

Etymology

From beast + keeper.

  1. inherited from kepere
  2. compounded as beastkeeper — “beast + keeper

Definitions

  1. One who is in charge of the care and management of animals.

    • I have a post as assistant beastkeeper in the royal gardens and, when not bearing the animals’ food in and ordure out, I inquire after Yorida, but to no avail.
    • “He was my subject, my beastkeeper! He had no right to speak so rashly to the traech sorkra of Qamat!” Vraduir shrilled. “He is a beast himself, as I have made him, with Bogotana’s favor. The form suits his animal temper.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA